Programming Your Home (for Juan Martinez) by Riley, Mike -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Programming Your Home Table of Contents Praise for Programming Your Home Acknowledgments Preface

Who Should Read This Book What’s in This Book Arduinos, Androids, and iPhones, Oh My! Code Examples and Conventions Online Resources

Part 1: Preparations Chapter 1: Getting Started

1.1 What Is Home Automation? 1.2 Commercial Solutions 1.3 DIY Solutions 1.4 Justifying the Investment 1.5 Setting Up Your Workbench 1.6 Sketching Out Your Ideas 1.7 Writing, Wiring, and Testing 1.8 Documenting Your Work

Chapter 2: Requirements

2.1 Knowing the Hardware 2.2 Knowing the Software 2.3 Be Safe, Have Fun!

Part 2: Projects Chapter 3: Water Level Notifier

3.1 What You Need 3.2 Building the Solution 3.3 Hooking It Up 3.4 Sketching Things Out 3.5 Writing the Web Mailer 3.6 Adding an Ethernet Shield 3.7 All Together Now 3.8 Next Steps

Chapter 4: Electric Guard Dog

4.1 What You Need 4.2 Building the Solution 4.3 Dog Assembly 4.4 Dog Training 4.5 Testing It Out 4.6 Unleashing the Dog 4.7 Next Steps

Chapter 5: Tweeting Bird Feeder

5.1 What You Need 5.2 Building the Solution 5.3 The Perch Sensor 5.4 The Seed Sensor 5.5 Going Wireless 5.6 Tweeting with Python 5.7 Putting It All Together 5.8 Next Steps

Chapter 6: Package Delivery Detector

6.1 What You Need 6.2 Building the Solution 6.3 Hardware Assembly 6.4 Writing the Code 6.5 The Package Delivery Sketch 6.6 Testing the Delivery Sketch 6.7 The Delivery Processor 6.8 Creating the Delivery Database 6.9 Installing the Package Dependencies 6.10 Writing the Script 6.11 Testing the Delivery Processor 6.12 Setting It Up 6.13 Next Steps

Chapter 7: Web-Enabled Light Switch

7.1 What You Need 7.2 Building the Solution 7.3 Hooking It Up 7.4 Writing the Code for the Web Client 7.5 Testing Out the Web Client 7.6 Writing the Code for the Android Client 7.7 Testing Out the Android Client 7.8 Next Steps

Chapter 8: Curtain Automation

8.1 What You Need 8.2 Building the Solution 8.3 Using the Stepper Motor 8.4 Programming the Stepper Motor 8.5 Adding the Sensors 8.6 Writing the Sketch 8.7 Installing the Hardware 8.8 Next Steps

Chapter 9: Android Door Lock

9.1 What You Need 9.2 Building the Solution 9.3 Controlling the Android Door Lock 9.4 Writing the Android Server 9.5 Writing the Android Client 9.6 Test and Install 9.7 Next Steps

Chapter 10: Giving Your Home a Voice

10.1 What You Need 10.2 Speaker Setup 10.3 Giving Lion a Voice 10.4 Wireless Mic Calibration 10.5 Programming a Talking Lion 10.6 Conversing with Your Home 10.7 Next Steps

Part 3: Predictions Chapter 11: Future Designs

11.1 Living in the Near 11.2 The Long View 11.3 The Home of the Future

Chapter 12: More Project Ideas

12.1 Clutter Detector 12.2 Electricity Usage Monitor 12.3 Electric Scarecrow 12.4 Entertainment System Remote 12.5 Home Sleep Timer 12.6 Humidity Sensor-Driven Sprinkler System 12.7 Networked Smoke Detectors 12.8 Proximity Garage Door Opener 12.9 Smart HVAC Controller 12.10 Smart Mailbox 12.11 Smart Lighting 12.12 Solar and Wind Power Monitors

Part 4: Appendices Appendix 1: Installing Arduino Libraries

A1.1 Apple OSX A1.2 Linux A1.3 Windows

Appendix 2: Bibliography